***********MUST READ*********** GODS PERFECT TIMING I dont know about you, but I am an impatient type of person and like things done in my own way and in my own time. Are you waiting for God to answer your prayers right now? Maybe you are not waiting for God, but still things are not happening the way you hoped or expected them to. Does it seem like your hopes and dreams are never going to be fulfilled? Maybe you are waiting to meet Mr Right or you are longing to have a child? You want that promotion/job at work or you are desperate to buy your own home? Sometimes its hard to understand why God doesnt allow things to happen straightaway. An important lesson that I am continuing to learn each day is that God works things out in his own perfect timing. Trusting in God, I believe is the key to success and happiness in life. Whatever the issue you are facing, first bring it to the Lord in prayer. Is it really what he wants you to be hoping for? Psalm 37:4 tells us ... Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Wow! What an amazing promise. If you delight yourself in God he will delight in God give you what you want, that is the desires of your heart. Dont get me wrong, He isnt going to start giving you the best cars, the nicest house and lots of material things, because God isnt concerned with those things. He wants you to delight in Him, ie. to seek Him and to love Him and spend time with Him in prayer and Bible study. If you are seeking after God in this way, the desires youll have will be to serve him and to always live according to what the Bible says. It is important that you trust in Gods word and not rely solely on your feelings, for example, God wont give you the desire to date or marry a non-believer ... 2 Corinthians 6:14 ..Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. God has promised to give you the desires of your heart, but it may take a while for those desires to come to fruition. Psalm 37 goes on to say ... Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Commit your hopes and dreams to God. The most important point to remember is that God loves you. You are His child and He wants the best things for you. God will work things out in your life if you trust in him. It is possible that you may have to go through certain trials and wait for his answers ... And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 God has plans for your life. He knows everything about you. He made you. He loves you, as the following selection of verses from Psalm 139 confirms ... O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mothers womb. your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Remember, God has plans for your life and wants the best for you. He allowed his Son to die so that your sins could be forgiven. In Jeremiah 29:11 is says ... For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. heavenThe hope and promise that God gives us is that one day we will spend eternity with him in Heaven. What an amazing hope this is. This life on earth is temporary, but while we live on earth, we need to seek after God and wait for Gods perfect timing. . But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31) (NKJV). Wait on the Lord. Be patient. Trust in Gods perfect timing and he will answer you. Then you will hear him directing you Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it. (Isaiah 30:21) We need to wait on the Lord and trust that his perfect timing is best. Gods word warns us not to try and speed things up and do things in our own strength ... There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. (Proverbs 16:25) There is a right time for everything. A right time to get married, a right time to have a baby, a right time to do everything. Ecclesiastes 3:1 says ... There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. (NIV). Gods answer to your prayer maybe to wait for a time before he gives you your desires. Every gift that comes from God is worth waiting for. In the Bible, there are lots of examples of God providing womens deepest desires. In 1 Samuel we read how Hannah wept and prayed out of great anguish before the Lord for a child and God answered her prayers. In the book of Esther we read how God called Esther to a position of influence for such a time and used her to save the Jewish people. Habakkuk 2:3 tells us ... For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. So in conclusion, be encouraged. Wait patiently on the Lord. Trust in God and He will work things out in your life. God will use you as you are, if you make yourself available to Him. Talk to God today and ask Him to give you the desires of your heart. If it helps write your prayer down and keep it somewhere safe. Then in six months time, look back at your prayer and reflect on Gods amazing provision for you. God is faithful, trust in Him and His perfect timing.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 05:06:00 +0000
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